Humor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLHumor was another of the soul’s weapons in the fight for self-preservation.
VIKTOR FRANKLNothing is likely to help a person overcome or endure troubles than the consciousness of having a task in life.
VIKTOR FRANKLA human being is not one thing among others; things determine each other, but man is ultimately self-determining.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan’s inner strength may raise him above his outward fate.
VIKTOR FRANKLEven when it is not fully attained, we become better by striving for a higher goal.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn times of crisis, people reach for meaning. Meaning is strength. Our survival may depend on our seeking and finding it.
VIKTOR FRANKLDon’t aim at success. The more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it.
VIKTOR FRANKLThose who have a ‘why’ to live, can bear with almost any ‘how’.
VIKTOR FRANKLGod is the partner of your most intimate soliloquies.
VIKTOR FRANKLThe point is not what we expect from life, but rather what life expects from us.
VIKTOR FRANKLEveryone has his own specific vocation or mission in life; everyone must carry out a concrete assignment that demands fulfillment.
VIKTOR FRANKLSo live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!
VIKTOR FRANKLLove is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality. No one can become fully aware of the very essence of another human being unless he loves him.
VIKTOR FRANKLIn some ways suffering ceases to be suffering at the moment it finds a meaning, such as the meaning of a sacrifice.
VIKTOR FRANKLMan does not simply exist but always decides what his existence will be, what he will become the next moment. By the same token, every human being has the freedom to change at any instant.
VIKTOR FRANKLHappiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
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